Secrets About Black Squirrels in New York No One Tells You
When strolling through the green patches of Central Park, the wooded corners of Harlem, or even the fringes of Brooklyn, you might catch a flash of slick black fur darting up a tree. It isn’t a raccoon. It’s a squirrel — but not just any squirrel. These are the intriguing black squirrels of New York, and there’s far...
Neighbors cheer massive Washington Square Park drug bust for pushing out dealers and junkies:...
Neighbors on Friday cheered this week’s massive Washington Square Park drug bust — saying it has swept out shameless dealers and junkies who put them on edge for years. “It makes me feel safe,” said Lynn, a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom. “I am happy with what [the feds] are doing. We’ll see how long it lasts.” Federal...
NYPD has failed to release police body camera footage on time, audit finds
New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Joshua Jones demonstrates how to use and operate a body camera during a press conference on December 3, 2014 in New York City. In many cases between 2020 and 2024, the NYPD did not turn over footage until the requestor filed an appeal. Once they appealed, the NYPD turned...
Police search for suspect in Sunset Park slashing
SUNSET PARK — POLICE ARE SEARCHING for a man suspected of pulling out a knife and slashing a 36-year-old victim in the hand in Sunset Park on Saturday, Oct. 25, around 2:30 a.m. Police said the male victim was in front of a Mexican restaurant at 1004 4th Ave....
Pizza delivery workers are being targeted in violent Coney Island robbery spree
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A string of violent robberies targeting pizza delivery workers in Coney Island has police searching for multiple suspects following three separate attacks in the 60th Precinct this…
Unable to raise rents, owners of rent-stabilized buildings face financial trouble
Many owners of rent-stabilized buildings originally took out loans under the assumption that they’d eventually be able to use legal loopholes to significantly raise rents on their tenants, but a 2019 law made it tougher to take units out of rent stabilization – and now those landlords are underwater and looking for...
2 Pennsylvania Men Sentenced for $1M Burglary in Valley Stream
Two men from Pennsylvania were each sentenced to nine years in prison on burglary charges for posing as construction workers and breaking into a Valley Stream home two years ago, stealing more than $1 million in property, including two Rolex watches and several legally owned firearms. Dejuan Michaels, Daiquan Smith,...
Irish woman stabbed 19 times in New York pub as killer pleads guilty
The man who stabbed his Irish former partner to death has admitted his guilt - and is now facing 24 years behind bars. Marcin Pieciak pleaded guilty on Thursday to the March 2024 manslaughter of Sarah McNally, 41, in the pub she worked in in New York - and will now be sentenced at the end of November.
Serial bandit — with 5 prison stints for burglary — keeps hitting NYC kosher...
Leave the gun, take the pastrami. An unkosher ex-con, with a criminal record dating to the 1980s with over 40 arrests, has been burglarizing kosher groceries and delis on the Sabbath and High Holy Days for years – despite five prison stints. Serial schnorrer Angelo Robinson was arrested again on Oct. 16 for allegedly...
2 men wanted for violent pizza deliverer robberies in Brooklyn
Authorities say one suspect stole several boxes of pizza from a moped delivery driver and then assaulted him.

















